CVE-2024-37168
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.28%@grpc/grpc-js can allocate memory for incoming messages well above configured limits
Published: 6/10/2024Modified: 2/4/2026
Description
### Impact There are two separate code paths in which memory can be allocated per message in excess of the `grpc.max_receive_message_length` channel option: 1. If an incoming message has a size on the wire greater than the configured limit, the entire message is buffered before it is discarded. 2. If an incoming message has a size within the limit on the wire but decompresses to a size greater than the limit, the entire message is decompressed into memory, and on the server is not discarded. ### Patches This has been patched in versions 1.10.9, 1.9.15, and 1.8.22
Affected packages (1)
- npm/@grpc/grpc-js>= 1.10.0, < 1.10.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37168
- PATCHhttps://github.com/grpc/grpc-node
- WEBhttps://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/commit/08b0422dae56467ecae1007e899efe66a8c4a650
- WEBhttps://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/commit/674f4e351a619fd4532f84ae6dff96b8ee4e1ed3
- WEBhttps://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/commit/a8a020339c7eab1347a343a512ad17a4aea4bfdb
- WEBhttps://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/security/advisories/GHSA-7v5v-9h63-cj86